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Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Platform Lifts for Motor Vehicles, Platform Lift Installations in Motor Vehicles
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[Federal Register: December 23, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 246)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 76865-76870]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
49 CFR Part 571
[Docket No. NHTSA-2004-19938]
RIN 2127-AJ50
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Platform Lifts for Motor
Vehicles, Platform Lift Installations in Motor Vehicles
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Interim final rule; delay of compliance date; request for
comments.
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SUMMARY: This document delays the compliance dates of Federal motor
vehicle safety standards for platform lifts and vehicles equipped with
platform lifts. In December 2002, NHTSA published a final rule that
established Federal motor vehicle safety standards for platform lifts
and vehicles equipped with platform lifts. In October 2004, the agency
published an amendment to these standards in response to petitions for
reconsideration of the December 2002 final rule. Since that time, the
agency has received several telephone calls on the inability of vehicle
manufacturers to comply with the vehicle standards by the compliance
date. We are also aware of some confusion within the industry as to the
applicability of the standards. Additionally, in response to the
October 2004 final rule, we received several petitions for
reconsideration. As established in the December 2002 final rule, the
standards are to become
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effective December 27, 2004. This notice delays the compliance date for
the platform lift standard for a period of three months and the vehicle
standard for a period of six months. The delay in compliance dates will
prevent a gap between the cessation of production of vehicles with pre-
standard lifts and the beginning of production of vehicles with post-
standard (compliant) lifts. The delay will also allow the agency to
address issues of applicability in advance of the compliance dates.
DATES: Effective date: This final rule becomes effective December 27, 2004.
Comments must be received by NHTSA not later than February 22,
2005, and should refer to this docket and the notice number of this
document.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by the DOT DMS Docket
Number above]
by any of the following methods:
? Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
? Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments on the DOT electronic docket site.
? Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
? Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401,
Washington, DC 20590-001.
? Hand Delivery: Room PL-401 on the plaza level of the
Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket number or Regulatory Identification Number (RIN) for this
rulemaking. For detailed instructions on submitting comments and
additional information on the rulemaking process, see the Request for
Comments heading of the Supplementary Information section of this
document. Note that all comments received will be posted without change
to http://dms.dot.gov, including any personal information
provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading under Regulatory Analyses and
Notices.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any time or
to Room PL-401 on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal Holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For non-legal issues, you may call Mr.
William Evans, Office of Crash Avoidance Standards, at (202) 366-2272,
facsimile (202) 366-7022.
For legal issues, you may call Mr. Chris Calamita, Office of the
Chief Counsel, at (202) 366-2992, facsimile (202) 366-3820.
You may send mail to any of these officials at the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Table of Contents
I. Background
II. Industry Response
III. Petitions For Reconsideration
IV. Today's Final Rule; Delay of Compliance Date
V. Regulatory Analyses and Notices
VI. Request for Comments
I. Background
On December 27, 2002, the agency published in the Federal Register
(67 FR 79416) a final rule establishing Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard (FMVSS) No. 403, Platform lift systems for motor vehicles, and
FMVSS No. 404, Platform lift installation on motor vehicles (final
rule). These two new standards provide practicable, performance-based
requirements and compliance procedures to ensure the safety of platform
lifts and vehicles equipped with those lift systems.
FMVSS No. 403 establishes requirements for platform lifts that are
designed to carry passengers who rely on wheelchairs, scooters, canes,
and other mobility aid devices in entering and exiting motor vehicles.
The standard requires that these lifts meet minimum platform dimensions
and maximum size limits for platform protrusions and gaps between the
platform and either the vehicle floor or the ground. The standard also
requires handrails, a threshold warning signal, and retaining barriers.
Performance tests are specified for wheelchair retention on the
platform, lift strength, and platform slip resistance requirements. A
set of interlocks is prescribed to prevent accidental movement of a
lift and the vehicle on which a lift is installed.
FMVSS No. 404 establishes requirements for vehicles equipped with
platform lifts. Vehicle manufacturers must install lifts certified as
meeting FMVSS No. 403. The vehicle standard requires that the lifts be
installed according to the lift manufacturer's instructions and must
continue to meet all of the applicable requirements of FMVSS No. 403.
The standard also requires that specific information is made available
to lift users.
The December 27, 2002 final rule established a compliance date of
December 27, 2004 for both FMVSS Nos. 403 and 404.
On October 1, 2004, in response to petitions for reconsideration,
the agency revised the standards by amending the definitions of certain
operational functions, the requirements for lift lighting on public
lifts, the interlock requirements, compliance procedures for lifts that
manually deploy/stow, the environmental resistance requirements, the
edge guard requirements, the wheelchair test device specifications, and
the location requirements for public lift controls (69 FR 58843). The
October 2004 final rule did not amend the compliance date for the standards.
II. Industry Response
The agency has received several telephone requests from vehicle
manufacturers to delay the compliance date of FMVSS No. 404.
Specifically, several over-the-road coach and bus manufacturers have
stated that compliant lifts have not been available to allow for the
production of FMVSS No. 404-compliant vehicles by the compliance date.
While lift manufacturers have informed the agency that they will be
able to produce compliant lifts by the compliance date, vehicle
manufacturers will need additional time to incorporate these lifts in
their vehicle production.
Additionally, some lifts relied upon by specialty or niche vehicle
manufacturers (i.e., street ``trolley'' and motor home manufacturers)
will no longer be produced. These companies stated that the lack of
compliant lifts has been a recent development and that additional time
is required to find replacement lifts.
The agency has also received numerous inquiries regarding the
applicability of the standards. There appears to be some confusion as
to the applicability to lifts manufactured prior to the compliance
date, aftermarket installation of lifts to vehicles manufactured prior
to the compliance date, and aftermarket installation of lifts to
vehicles manufactured after the compliance date.
III. Petitions for Reconsideration
Petitions for reconsideration of the October 2004 final rule were
received from a school bus manufacturer, Blue Bird Body Company (Blue
Bird); two school bus manufacturer associations, School Bus
Manufacturers Technical Council (SBMTC) and Manufacturers Council of
Small School Buses (Manufacturers Council); a mobility industry
association, Adaptive Driving
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Alliance (Driving Alliance); and a vehicle systems manufacturer, Safety
Systems and Controls, Inc. (Safety Systems).
A majority of the comments focused on the transfer of the lighting
requirements from FMVSS No. 403, the equipment standard to FMVSS No.
404, the vehicle standard. As originally established in December 2002,
the agency structured the lighting requirements so that a platform lift
system would be a complete, self-contained system ready for
installation upon delivery to the vehicle manufacturer. FMVSS No. 403
required a lift manufacturer to provide the hardware and instructions
necessary to install lighting in a manner that complies with the
requirements of the standard. In response to petitions for
reconsideration of the December 2002 final rule, the agency moved the
responsibility for the lighting requirements from the platform lift
manufacturer to the vehicle manufacturer. We explained that vehicle
manufacturers have traditionally provided lift lighting. Additionally,
the manufacturers of vehicles that are required by FMVSS No. 404 to be
equipped with lighted platform lifts already must comply with American
with Disabilities Act \1\ (ADA) lighting standards.
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\1\ Pub. L. 101-336, 42 U.S.C. 12101, et seq. Titles II and III
of the ADA set specific requirements for vehicles purchased by
municipalities for use in fixed route bus systems and vehicles
purchased by private entities for use in public transportation to
provide a level of accessibility and usability for individuals with
disabilities. 42 U.S.C. 12204.
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In their petitions for reconsideration, Blue Bird, SBMTC, and
Manufacturers Council stated that not all vehicles required to have
lighted platform lifts are subject to the ADA requirements, notably
school buses. Petitioners requested that the lighting requirements be
shifted back to FMVSS No. 403. They further stated that school bus
manufacturers would have difficulty in complying with the new lighting
requirement in the time between the October 2004 final rule and the
December 2004 compliance date. These petitioners also raised concern
that the luminescence requirements of the standard would require lights
that produce high levels of heat, which could potentially burn
occupants, and could potentially cause glare and distraction
problems.\2\ At a minimum, these petitioners requested that the agency
delay the compliance date of the standards while we contemplated their
petitions.
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\2\ Petitioners' concerns with the substance of the luminescence
requirement relate to requirements established in the December 27,
2002 final rule. As such, this issue is beyond the scope of
petitions for reconsideration of the October 1, 2004 final rule and
may be treated as a request for rulemaking.
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Additionally, Safety Systems requested that the interlock
requirements be amended to include provisions for ``malicious
release.'' The Driving Alliance requested a clarification of the
applicability of the standards to aftermarket installation of certified
and non-certified lifts to vehicles manufactured before and after the
compliance date.
IV. Today's Final Rule; Delay of Compliance Date
Today's final rule delays the compliance date of FMVSS No. 403
until April 1, 2005, and FMVSS No. 404 until July 1, 2005. This delay
will prevent the disruption in the availability of vehicles
manufactured to accommodate individuals with disabilities. The delay
will also permit the agency to address any outstanding issues and
confusion as to the applicability of the standards.
The delay in the compliance date will provide relief to vehicle
manufacturers that would have been unable to incorporate compliant
lifts into their vehicles by the December 27, 2004 effective date
because of delays in receiving compliant lifts. The delay to the
compliance date for FMVSS No. 404 also provides manufacturers an
opportunity to secure replacement lifts for those lifts that will no
longer be produced. This will further afford vehicle manufacturers and
lift manufacturers an opportunity to perform any final engineering
analysis required to incorporate compliant lifts into vehicle production.
The staggered compliance dates will ensure that vehicle
manufacturers will have at least three months of lead time to
incorporate compliant lifts before the compliance date for the vehicle
standard. Additionally, we fully expect that lift manufacturers
intending to distribute compliant lifts beginning December 27, 2004,
will still do so. This will provide vehicle manufacturers adequate lead
time to comply with FMVSS No. 404.
The agency recognizes that the installation of a compliant lift
onto a vehicle that is not required to comply with FMVSS No. 404 may
require removal or alteration of elements installed on the lift for
purposes of compliance with FMVSS No. 403; e.g., removal or alteration
of the threshold warning system or interlock system. Because the
vehicle is not required to be equipped with an FMVSS No. 403 compliant
lift, we would not consider alterations to the lift in this situation
as making the lift inoperative with FMVSS No. 403 within the meaning of
49 U.S.C. 30122.
The agency also recognizes that there is some confusion within the
mobility industry as to the applicability of FMVSS Nos. 403 and 404 to
aftermarket lift installations. The agency is in the process of
responding to several requests for interpretation that will address
this and related issues. These responses will be publicly available in
advance of the new compliance dates.
Further, the agency is in the process of responding to petitions
for reconsideration of the October 2004 final rule. The agency's
response could affect the certification responsibility of platform lift
and vehicle manufacturers as well as the requirements for platform lift
lighting systems. The six-month delay in the compliance date relieves
vehicle manufacturers of the potential of installing systems for which
requirements may be amended.
Because the December 27, 2004 effective date for FMVSS Nos. 403 and
404 is fast approaching, NHTSA finds for good cause to issue this
interim final rule to delay the compliance date. Further we find good
cause that it should take effect immediately. Today's interim final
rule makes no substantive change to the standard, but delays the
compliance dates for FMVSS Nos. 403 and 404 for a period of three and
six months, respectively. We are excepting comments on this delay. See,
Request for Comments section below.
V. Regulatory Analyses and Notices
A. Executive Order, 12866 Regulatory Planning and Review
Executive Order 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review'' (58 FR
51735, October 4, 1993), provides for making determinations whether a
regulatory action is ``significant'' and therefore subject to Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) review and to the requirements of the
Executive Order. The Order defines a ``significant regulatory action''
as one that is likely to result in a rule that may:
(1) Have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or
adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of the
economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public
health or safety, or State, local, or Tribal governments or communities;
(2) Create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an
action taken or planned by another agency;
(3) Materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants,
user fees,
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or loan programs or the rights and obligations of recipients thereof;
or
(4) Raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal
mandates, the President's priorities, or the principles set forth in
the Executive Order.
This rulemaking document was not reviewed under Executive Order
12866. It is not significant within the meaning of the DOT Regulatory
Policies and Procedures. It does not impose any burden on
manufacturers, and extends the compliance date FMVSS Nos. 403 and 404
for 3 and 6 months, respectively. The agency believes that this impact
on manufacturers is so minimal as to not warrant the preparation of a
full regulatory evaluation. Additionally, because the Federal standards
incorporate the most relevant industry standards and guidelines, the
agency believes that any impact on the benefits of the Federal
standards will be minimal.
B. Regulatory Flexibility Act
Pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act, we have considered the
impacts of this rulemaking action will have on small entities (5 U.S.C.
601 et seq.). I certify that this rulemaking action will not have a
significant economic impact upon a substantial number of small entities
within the context of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. The following is
our statement providing the factual basis for the certification (5
U.S.C. 605(b)). The final rule affects manufacturers of platform lifts
for motor vehicles and vehicles equipped with platform lifts. According
to the size standards of the Small Business Association (at 13 CFR
121.601), manufacturers of platform lifts are considered manufacturers
of ``All Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing'' (NAICS Code 336399).
The size standard for NAICS Code 336399 is 750 employees or fewer. The
size standard for manufacturers of ``Light Truck and Utility Vehicle
Manufacturing'' (NAICS Code 336112) is 1,000 employees or fewer. This
Final Rule will not have any significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small businesses in these industries because the
rule only delays by three and six months, respectively, the compliance
dates of previously published final rules. Small organizations and
governmental jurisdictions that purchase platform lifts and vehicles
equipped with platform lifts will not be significantly affected because
this rulemaking will not cause price increases. Further, the delay in
compliance dates will avoid a disruption in the manufacturing and sales
that would have occurred for some lift-equipped vehicles. Accordingly,
we have not prepared a Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis.
C. Executive Order 13132, Federalism
E.O. 13132 requires NHTSA to develop an accountable process to
ensure ``meaningful and timely input by State and local officials in
the development of regulatory policies that have federalism
implications.'' E.O. 13132 defines the term ``Policies that have
federalism implications'' to include regulations that have
``substantial direct effects on the States, on the relationship between
the national government and the States, or on the distribution of power
and responsibilities among the various levels of government.'' Under
E.O. 13132, NHTSA may not issue a regulation that has federalism
implications, that imposes substantial direct compliance costs, and
that is not required by statute, unless the Federal government provides
the funds necessary to pay the direct compliance costs incurred by
State and local governments, or NHTSA consults with State and local
officials early in the process of developing the proposed regulation.
This final rule will not have substantial direct effects on the
States, on the relationship between the national government and the
States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the
various levels of government as specified in E.O. 13132. Thus, the
requirements of section 6 of the Executive Order do not apply to this rule.
D. The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4) requires
agencies to prepare a written assessment of the costs, benefits and
other effects of proposed or final rules that include a Federal mandate
likely to result in the expenditure by State, local or tribal
governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of more than
$100 million annually. This action, which extends the compliance date
of FMVSS Nos. 403 and 404, will not result in additional expenditures
by state, local or tribal governments or by any members of the private
sector. Therefore, the agency has not prepared an economic assessment
pursuant to the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
E. Paperwork Reduction Act
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
(PRA), a person is not required to respond to a collection of
information by a Federal agency unless the collection displays a valid
OMB control number. Since it only delays the compliance date of a final
rule, this final rule does not impose any new collection of information
requirements for which a 5 CFR part 1320 clearance must be obtained.
F. Civil Justice Reform
This final rule does not have any retroactive effect. Under 49
U.S.C. 30103(b), whenever a Federal motor vehicle safety standard is in
effect, a state or political subdivision may prescribe or continue in
effect a standard applicable to the same aspect of performance of a
Federal motor vehicle safety standard only if the standard is identical
to the Federal standard. However, the United States Government, a
state, or political subdivision of a state, may prescribe a standard
for a motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment obtained for its own use
that imposes a higher performance requirement than that required by the
Federal standard. 49 U.S.C. 30161 sets forth a procedure for judicial
review of final rules establishing, amending, or revoking Federal motor
vehicle safety standards. A petition for reconsideration or other
administrative proceedings are not required before parties file suit in
court.
G. Plain Language
Executive Order 12866 requires each agency to write all rules in
plain language. Application of the principles of plain language
includes consideration of the following questions:
--Have we organized the material to suit the public's needs?
--Are the requirements in the rule clearly stated?
--Does the rule contain technical language or jargon that is not clear?
--Would a different format (grouping and order of sections, use of
headings, paragraphing) make the rule easier to understand?
--Would more (but shorter) sections be better?
--Could we improve clarity by adding tables, lists, or diagrams?
--What else could we do to make the rule easier to understand?
Comment is solicited on the extent to which this final rule
effectively uses plain language principles.
H. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act
Under the National Technology and Transfer and Advancement Act of
1995 (NTTAA) (Pub. L. 104-113), ``all Federal agencies and departments
shall use technical standards that are developed or adopted by
voluntary consensus standards bodies, using such technical
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standards as a means to carry out policy objectives or activities
determined by the agencies and departments.''
The equipment standard was drafted to include or exceed all
government and voluntary consensus standards. This final rule extends
the compliance date of that final rule to July 1, 2004.
I. Privacy Act
Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78) or you may visit
http://dms.dot.gov.
J. Environmental Impacts
We have not conducted an evaluation of the impacts of this final
rule under the National Environmental Policy Act. This rulemaking
action extends the date by which the manufacturers must comply with the
newly upgraded requirements of FMVSS No. 205. This rulemaking does not
impose any change that would have any environmental impacts.
Accordingly, no environmental assessment is required.
K. Executive Order 13045, Economically Significant Rules
Disproportionately Affecting Children
This rule is not subject to E.O. 13045 because it is not
``economically significant'' as defined under E.O. 12866, and does not
concern an environmental, health or safety risk that NHTSA has reason
to believe may have a disproportionate effect on children.
VI. Request for Comments
How Do I Prepare and Submit Comments?
Your comments must be written and in English. To ensure that your
comments are correctly filed in the Docket, please include the docket
number of this document in your comments. Your comments must not be
more than 15 pages long. (49 CFR 553.21). We established this limit to
encourage you to write your primary comments in a concise fashion.
However, you may attach necessary additional documents to your
comments. There is no limit on the length of the attachments. Please
submit two copies of your comments, including the attachments, to
Docket Management at the address given above under ADDRESSES. Comments
may also be submitted to the docket electronically by logging onto the
Docket Management System Web site at http://dms.dot.gov.
Click on ``Help & Information'' or ``Help/Info'' to obtain instructions
for filing the document electronically. If you are submitting comments
electronically as a PDF (Adobe) file, we ask that the documents
submitted be scanned using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) process,
thus allowing the agency to search and copy certain portions of your
submissions.\3\ Please note that pursuant to the Data Quality Act, in
order for substantive data to be relied upon and used by the agency, it
must meet the information quality standards set forth in the OMB and
DOT Data Quality Act guidelines. Accordingly, we encourage you to
consult the guidelines in preparing your comments. OMB's guidelines may
be accessed at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/reproducible.html
DOT's guidelines may be accessed at
http://dmses.dot.gov/submit/DataQualityGuidelines.pdf.
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\3\ Optical character recognition (OCR) is the process of
converting an image of text, such as a scanned paper document or
electronic fax file, into computer-editable text.
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How Can I Be Sure That My Comments Were Received?
If you wish Docket Management to notify you upon its receipt of
your comments, enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard in the
envelope containing your comments. Upon receiving your comments, Docket
Management will return the postcard by mail.
How Do I Submit Confidential Business Information?
If you wish to submit any information under a claim of
confidentiality, you should submit three copies of your complete
submission, including the information you claim to be confidential
business information, to the Chief Counsel, NHTSA, at the address given
above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. In addition, you should
submit two copies, from which you have deleted the claimed confidential
business information, to Docket Management at the address given above
under ADDRESSES. When you send a comment containing information claimed
to be confidential business information, you should include a cover
letter setting forth the information specified in our confidential
business information regulation. (49 CFR part 512.)
Will the Agency Consider Late Comments?
We will consider all comments that Docket Management receives
before the close of business on the comment closing date indicated
above under DATES. To the extent possible, we will also consider
comments that Docket Management receives after that date. If Docket
Management receives a comment too late for us to consider in developing
a final rule (assuming that one is issued), we will consider that
comment as an informal suggestion for future rulemaking action.
How Can I Read the Comments Submitted by Other People?
You may read the comments received by Docket Management at the
address given above under ADDRESSES. The hours of the Docket are
indicated above in the same location. You may also see the comments on
the Internet. To read the comments on the Internet, take the following
steps:
(1) Go to the Docket Management System (DMS) Web page of the
Department of Transportation (http://dms.dot.gov).
(2) On that page, click on ``Simple Search.''
(3) On the next page (http://dms.dot.gov/search),
type in the four-digit docket number shown at the beginning of this
document. Example: If the docket number were ``NHTSA-1998-1234,'' you
would type ``1234.'' After typing the docket number, click on ``Search.''
(4) On the next page, which contains docket summary information for
the docket you selected, click on the desired comments. You may
download the comments. However, since the comments are imaged
documents, instead of word processing documents, the downloaded
comments are not word searchable.
Please note that even after the comment closing date, we will
continue to file relevant information in the Docket as it becomes
available. Further, some people may submit late comments. Accordingly,
we recommend that you periodically check the Docket for new material.
List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 571
Motor vehicle safety, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, and
tires.
? In consideration of the foregoing, NHTSA amends 49 CFR part 571 as follows:
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PART 571--FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS
? 1. The authority citation for part 571 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322, 30111, 30115, 30117, and 30166;
delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50.
? 2. Section 571.403 is amended by revising S3 to read as follows:
Sec. 571.403 Standard No. 403; Platform lift systems for motor vehicles.
* * * * *
S3. Application. This standard applies to platform lifts
manufactured on and after April 1, 2005, that are designed to carry
passengers into and out of motor vehicles.
* * * * *
? 3. Section 571.404 is amended by revising S3 to read as follows:
Sec. 571.404 Standard No. 404; Platform lift installations in motor
vehicles.
* * * * *
S3. Application. This standard applies to motor vehicles
manufactured on and after July 1, 2005, that are equipped with a
platform lift to carry passengers into and out of the vehicle.
* * * * *
Issued on: December 17, 2004.
Jeffrey W. Runge,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 04-28085 Filed 12-20-04; 12:27 pm]
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